Round Table on the Occasion of Constitution Day of Ukraine

On 26 June 2026, Olena HALUS, Head of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law, and Kateryna VLADOVSKA, Associate Professor of the Department, took part in the round table “Observance and Implementation of the Norms and Provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine”, held on the occasion of Constitution Day of Ukraine at the office of the Northern Interregional Centre for the Provision of Free Legal Aid. The event was attended by Olha CHORNA, lawyer, mediator and Head of the Directorate for the Organisation of Free Secondary Legal Aid and Mediation of the Northern Interregional Centre for the Provision of Free Legal Aid; representatives of the Department for the Organisation of Activities of Temporary Detention Facilities and Monitoring of Actions with Detainees of the Main Department of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi Region; human rights compliance inspectors of the Khmelnytskyi District Police Department; Petro KUZMIN, Head of the Main Inspectorate Directorate of the Main Department of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi Region; Andrii KOHUN, Senior Inspector for Special Assignments of the Department of the Main Inspectorate and Human Rights Compliance of the National Police of Ukraine; Liudmyla BERESTOVSKA, Deputy Head of the Department for the Organisation of Activities of Temporary Detention Facilities and Monitoring of Actions with Detainees of the Main Department of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi Region; and staff of the Northern Interregional Centre for the Provision of Free Legal Aid. During the event, the participants discussed ensuring citizens’ constitutional rights and freedoms, guarantees of the rights of detained persons, compliance with the requirements of legality in the application of police measures, and certain aspects of the social and legal protection of veterans. Particular attention was paid to the role of law enforcement agencies in ensuring and protecting human rights. It was emphasised that the Constitution of Ukraine is the fundamental act that governs the activities of state institutions, and that strict adherence to its provisions helps to strengthen public trust in the law enforcement system.